[sib-access] Re: Writing for handbells?
- From: "Farfar Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 00:00:26 -0700
Kevin,
Again copied without permission (I'm really going to get in trouble with
Daniel Spreadberry some day) here is text from the Sib 5 reference manual in
the staves section:
Small staves
To make a staff go smaller than other staves, choose Create > Instruments,
select the staff in
question in the Staves in score list, and switch on the Small staff
checkbox, then click OK.
By default, small staves are 75% of normal size, but you can adjust this on
the Staves page of the
House Style > Engraving Rules dialog (shortcut Ctrl+Shift+E).
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Gibbs" <kevjazz@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 23:04
Subject: [sib-access] Re: Writing for handbells?
Dave,
Once again, you come through. I'm not interested in the impact of
this on playback. BTW, if you notice, in Sib 6, the handbells don't sound
an octave up as they should. They sound where written.
I'll try the plugin to create the handbell use chart. Any idea how
to make the handbell part 80% size of the SATB parts in the score without
altering the handbell part?
K.
PS. I went looking for handbell in the index and only found one reference.
You're a better index watcher than I am.
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Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 12:31 AM
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Subject: [sib-access] Re: Writing for handbells?
Kevin,
There are almost a dozen references to handbells in the Sib 5 reference
manual. This one in particular might help you get started (copied without
permission):
Skipping bars
In some circumstances, you may not want a particular bar to play back at
all. For example, your
score may start with a prefatory staff (such as a "handbells used" chart),
or you may have a guitar
fill box on one page of your score, and you would prefer these bars not to
play back.
This is easy to arrange, using system text to form a pair of "markers" - one
text object to set the
place you want to jump from, and another to set the place you want to jump
to:
* Decide on a name for your pair of markers; it doesn't matter what it is.
For the sake of argument,
let's use the word "cat".
* At the end of the bar immediately preceding the bar(s) you don't want to
play, create a new
Repeat (D.C./D.S./To Coda) text object, consisting of the words "jump to"
and the name of your
marker, e.g. jump to cat
* At the start of the bar you want playback to jump to, create a new Tempo
text object, consisting
of the word "marker" and the name of your marker, e.g. marker cat. You will
probably not want either text object in your marker pair to appear
when you print, in
which case you can either select them and hide them (using Edit > Hide or
Show > Hide) or by
inserting a tilde character (~) at the start of each text object, which will
hide it.
Sibelius will always obey a marker pair when it encounters it during
playback, i.e. like all system
text objects, they ignore the Play on pass checkboxes.
...and then there is a plug-in that might help:
Show Handbells Required
This plug-in, only relevant for scores containing music for an ensemble of
handbells, will add a bar
to the start of your score showing all the handbells required to perform the
piece. To use the plug-
in, choose Plug-ins > Composing Tools > Show Handbells Required. After you
have run the
plug-in, you may find it necessary to delete rests or clefs in the bar that
the plug-in creates.
Plug-in written by Neil Sands.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Gibbs" <kevjazz@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 21:53
Subject: [sib-access] Writing for handbells?
Guys,
I'm trying to write some thing for SATB and handbells. I've been told
that it's common practice to create something called a handbell use chart
above the first system comprised of stemless filled in noteheads with the
names of each and every bell that is used in the piece. This usage chart
should have both margins indented. First, I have no idea how you create a
series of stemless noteheads that are not on a staff. Second, I have no
idea how to contract the noteheads of a specific region like this. Oh Mr.
Wizard??????? Kevin
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